Watermelon Smoothie

This watermelon smoothie is made with frozen watermelon, bananas, and strawberries. It is the most refreshing, creamy, and delicious.

The BEST Watermelon Smoothie

Have you ever had a watermelon smoothie? There is nothing more refreshing on a hot summer morning than a delicious watermelon smoothie.

This watermelon smoothie is sweetened with frozen fruit (watermelon, bananas, and strawberries) and blended together to make a delicious breakfast smoothie or snack for any time of day!

Ingredients You Need

All of the ingredients for this watermelon smoothie are very simple and straight forward! Here is everything you will need!

watermelon chunks
strawberries
vanilla Greek yogurt
banana
unsweetened almond milk
vanilla extract

Smoothie Ingredient Swaps

Don’t have some of the ingredients for this watermelon smoothie on hand? Don’t worry, here are some easy ingredient swaps for you!

Greek yogurt–> any Yogurt

Almond milk–> any milk or orange juice

Frozen strawberries–> raspberries

All the ingredients for the watermelon smoothie in small bowls.

How to Make a Watermelon Smoothie

Prepare the watermelon by freezing it first!
Place all ingredients into a high-speed blender.
Blend on high for 1-2 minutes, stopping to scrape the sides.
Add more almond milk as needed depending on how thick you like your smoothies.
Serve immediately.

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Watermelon smoothie ingredients in a blender.

How to Freeze Watermelon for Smoothies

We highly recommend using frozen watermelon in this watermelon smoothie! Don’t worry if you don’t have your watermelon frozen already. Watermelon takes less than 30 minutes to freeze! Here is how to freeze watermelon.

Line a plate or small baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place the watermelon chunks onto the parchment paper. Be sure the watermelon is cut into small chunks (they will freeze faster).
Place the watermelon in the freezer for 20-30 minutes.
Remove the watermelon from the freezer and place in the blender or place the watermelon in a freezer safe bag and return it to freezer for later.

use frozen fruit, not ice!

We highly recommend using frozen fruit over fresh fruit or ice! Fresh fruit tends to omit more liquid than frozen fruit, making your smoothie more watery.

We also HIGHLY recommend avoiding ice, if possible! Ice also tends to produce a more water-y smoothie, plus, if you can achieve that thick and chilled texture by using nutrient-dense ingredients instead of ice, why wouldn’t you!?

Keep a stash of frozen fruit in you freezer at all times or freeze extra berries or fruit that you have at home for DIY frozen fruit.

You only need to freeze your fruit for 30-60 minutes for it to be smoothie ready, so no need to worry if you’re just popping your fruit into the freezer now! You’ll be off and running with a delicious smoothie in no time 😀

Tips for Watermelon Smoothies

add protein powder

If you are enjoying this watermelon smoothie after a workout or just want to beef it up a bit, feel free to add a scoop or two of your favorite protein powder. Check out our favorite protein powders here!

SPECIFICALLY, FROZEN BANANAS CAN’T BE BEAT

We are big fans of using frozen bananas as a base for many of our smoothie recipes. Not only are bananas cheap, and nutrient-dense, but when they are frozen and then blended, they are SO delicious and creamy!

Check out our post on how to freeze bananas for all of the best tips and tricks!

A LITTLE LIQUID AT A TIME, PEOPLE

One of the main tips we give people when making a smoothie is add the recommended amount of liquid a little bit at a time until the smoothie reaches your desired consistency.

Adding all of the liquid at once could leave you with a water-y smoothie! You can ALWAYS add more liquid, but can’t take it out!